Receptacle.



, N. B. GREGG;

REGEPTAOLE. 7 APPLICATION FILED DBO. 27, 1909.

966,740. I Patnted Aug.9,19 10.

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NORRIS IB. GREGG, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO NATIONAL VENEER EPA GK AGE COMPANY, OF S'IJLOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

RECEPTACLE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

, Patented Aug. 9, 1910.

Application filed December 27 1909. Serial No. 534,957.

This invention relates to receptacles, espe-.

cially to that" class of receptacles suitable for use in shipping dry material, such as cement, plaster of paris, dry paint, etc., and has for its object to provide a receptacle having certain novel features of construction hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, in which like numbers of reference denote like parts wherever they occur,

' Figure 1 is a top plan view of a receptacle embodying this invention; Fig.2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2, Fig. 1; Fig. 3

is a sectional view, on an enlarged scale,

showing the means'for preventing the leaking of the material from the receptacle; and Fig. 4 is a sectional view, on an enlarged scale, showing an alternate form of the means for preventing the leaking of the material from the receptacle.

The receptacle is preferably cylindrical in form and the wall 1 thereof may be com-' osed of veneer or the fabric, of 'Mellen Patent No. 859,679, dated July 9, 1907, or of anyothersuit'able material. Each edge of the cylinder is reinforced by' a hoop 2, secured in any ordinary manner thereto. Each end of said cylinder receives a metal band 3, which is provided with an outwardly-projecting flange 4 and, also, with an inwardly-pro ecting flange 5. \Vhen a band 3 is inserted into an end of cylinder 1, the flange 4 rests on the adjacent end of said cylinder and flange I within said cylinder. A gasket or filler 6, which may be composed of felt, paper, or of any other suitable material, is interposed between band 3. and the inner surface of the cylinder for the purpose of preventing the dry material from leaking out of said cylinder. In the preferred form of gasket 6, as shown in Fig. 3, one edge thereof is bent to form a flange 7 in order to provide a means for supportln said gasket from an end of cylinder 1 an also, to hold same in place until a band 3 is inserted. Said band is of such 5 projects inwardly length that. the ends thereof overlap each other when said bandis inserted into an end of the cylinder in the manner hereinabove described, and, also, is caused by its own "resiliency to press gasket 6 snugly against the wall 1 in an end of the cylinder. In the alternate form of gasket 6',-as depicted in Fig. 4, ,the flange 7 is omitted entirely and said gasket is heldin place by a band 3. When it is desired said gasket may be glued, tacked, or secured in any. other manner to wall 1. j

The bottom 8, which is-preferably formed of a thin circular board, is inserted into. the

band 3 in one end of the cylinder and is of such diameter that it rests on flange 4 thereof and, also, causes said band to press gasket 6 tightly against the wall 1, thereby preventing the material, in the cylinder from y sifting between band 3 and wall 1. The bottom 8 is secured in place by placing a strip of wood or other material 9 along the edge of said bottom and nailing said strip to wall 1. The nails 10 not onlysecure strip 9 to wall 1, but, also, fasten band 3 and gasket 6 rigidly to said wall. The top 11 is formed of the same material and shape as bottom 8 and is secured in the same manner in a similar band 3 in the top of the cylinder by a strip 9, there being, also, a gasket 6 interposed between said band and wall 1. A staple 12 or other suitable device is attached to top 11, and affords a means for lifting said top out of band 3 when strip 9 is removed.

When dry material is placed in the receptacle and the top 11 and bottom 8 are secured in place as hereinabove described, the bands 3 and the gaskets 6 revent the material fromleaking from elther'end of the receptacle, for the reason that eachgasket 6 is pressed by a band 3 tightly against wall 1 and prevents the material from sifting beleaving no space between band 3 and head 8 or 11. When it is 11, the stri nails 10 wh1ch hold same in place and then desired. to. remove the top 9 isremoved by drawing the,

inserted in place, thus securin top 11 is removed by liftin same out of band 3. The material can t en be poured out of the package without removin band 3, for the reason that flange, 4 is ma e very narrow, whereby the material flows readily over said flange without lodging behind same. These packages are made in several different sizes s'othat the empty packages can be telescoped to form a so-called nest containing the several difl'erent sizes, for the purpose of shipping. For example, if a nest contains three different sizes, the smallest is placed in the next larger and the next larger containing the smallest is then placed {empty pac agesas hereinabove described can be formed, "less room than with other packages is taken up in transportation, and for this reason the cost-0f shipping is greatly reduced.

. I claim:

1, container, comprising, in combination, a hollow cylinder having an open end, an annular gasket fittd'insaid end and in contact throughout its entire extent with the surface thereof, an annular band disposed in said gasket and encircled thereby, said band being formed at one edge with an outwardly projecting circumferential flange,

and at the opposite edge with an inwardly projecting circumferential flange, a cover tted into said band, and resting upon said end of said cylin er and secured thereto for' v reinforcing the same at such point. v

2. A container, comprising, 1n combination, a hollow cylinder having an open end,

an annular gasket dis osed in said end and formed at one edge with an outwardly rojecting circumferential flan e adapte to rest on the ed e of said cylin er, an annular band fitted within said gasket and encircled Y thereby, said band being formed at one edge with an outwardly projecting circumferential flange adapted torest upon the gasket flan e, and at the o posite edge with an inwardly projecting ange, a cover fitted into said band, and resting upon said inwardly projecting flan e, an annular strip also fitted into said ban and a ainst the outer face of said cover for hol ing the latter in position, means for securing said strip, band and gasket to said cylinder, and a hoo encircling the aforementioned open end 0 sald cylinder and secured thereto for reinforcing the same at such point.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature in presence of-two witnesses.

NORRIS B. GREGG.

Witnesses:

GLADYS WALTON, GEORGE G. ANDERSON. 

